Arab Daily:

Syrian Gov't Winner of Geneva Talks, Differences Intensified among Opposition Delegations

Rasa - A leading Arab newspaper underlined that the latest round of talks between the opposition groups and the Syrian government in Geneva produced good results for the latter party as dissidents manifested more internal differences.

News ID: 427859

Date: 04 March 2017 - 20:41

RNA - Al-Rai al-Youm newspaper wrote in its editorial page on Saturday that the Syrian government's negotiating team gained important achievements during the fourth round of the Geneva talks on Syria because it imposed its will on the Saudi-backed opposition to condemn the terrorist operations against two security positions of the Syrian army.

Meantime, the gap between the opposition delegations and Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at became more vivid because commander of the group's military wing Abu Mohammad al-Joulani issued a statement in which he described all dissidents and opposition groups participating in the Geneva talks as "betrayers", it added.

Al-Joulani also claimed that the opposition groups participating in the Geneva talks don’t represent the Syrian nation, according to the daily.

Late in January, Al-Nusra Front (recently renamed to Fatah al-Sham Front) and several militant groups declared forming a new coalition under the name of Tahrir Al-Sham Hay'at to narrow down widening rifts amongst their commanders and members.

The Al-Nusra Front, Nouralddeen al-Zinki Movement, Jeish al-Sonah, Jabhat Ansaraldeen and Liwa al-Haq announced that they would act under a united coalition named the Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at.

The five merged terrorist groups act under the command of Abu Jaber Hashem al-Sheikh, who was one of the commanders of Ahrar al-Sham. The new coalition led by al-Sheikh is now fighting against Ahrar al-Sham, a rival terrorist group operating mainly in Northwestern Syria.

Al-Sheikh resigned from his post in Ahrar al-Sham after he was appointed as the commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at.

A number of Ahrar al-Sham's commanders, including the groups' spokesman Abu Yusuf al-Mohajer, Hesam Salameh and Abu al-Fatah al-Farqali Mesri also joined the new coalition.

Terrorist groups' websites claimed that Al-Nusra Commander Abu Mohammad al-Joulani will be the top commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at.

Ahrar al-Sham rejected its affiliation to the new coalition, but websites close to the terrorist groups have disclosed that Ahrar al-Sham, Faylaq al-Sham, Jeish al-Izzah, Turkistani party and Liwa al-Tamkin will soon start a new front called Tahrir al-Syria Front.

Nusra terrorists have been attacking positions of other terrorist rivals across Northwestern Syria.

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